Portable electronic camera providing optional parameter setting from a computer

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EP 0 659 017 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	23.07.1997 Bulletin 1997/30

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	21.06.1995 Bulletin 1995/25

(21)	Application number: 94119641.2

(22)	Date of filing: 13.12.1994

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁶: H04N 5/232

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB

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Priority:

15.12.1993 US 167756

(71)	Applicant: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
	Rochester, New York 14650-2201 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	Parulski, Kenneth A., c/o Eastman Kodak Company Rochester, New York 14650-2201 (US) Takizawa, Yoshinori, c/o Eastman Kodak Company Rochester, New York 14650-2201 (US)

(74)	Representative: Schmidt, Peter, Dipl.-Ing. et al
	KODAK Aktiengesellschaft Patentabteilung 70323 Stuttgart 70323 Stuttgart (DE)

(54)	Portable electronic camera providing optional parameter setting from a computer

(57) An electronic camera (10) connectable to a computer (12) is operable either by itself or in direct connection with the computer (12) through an interface device (14, 16). An imaging stage (12a) generates and processes an image signal according to capture parameters set from the control section (50) on the camera. By interposing a capture control stage (68) between the control section (50) and a control processor (44) that controls the imaging stage (21a), capture parameters may be set either from the control section (50) on the camera, or from like parameters entered through the interface device (14,16) from the computer (12).

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